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Okay, seriously whose board are you following and what have the Lions done to you?

Point one: I pretty much hate every version that you've got here. My bad for not saying anything before, but your draft board is seriously messed up. You have players who may not go until the third round going high and guys like Hasson Reddick not there at all. There are a 100 sites, nay a 1000 sites with updated boards you could use. There are guys who are right here who have draft boards on other football future forums. That you have done 8 versions with this messed up draft board is ... I don't know ... but somebody has to tell you. I'm sorry if that's too blunt.

Point two: Lions need defense in this draft they have 5-7 starters who have cemented their position on defense. And some of that cement is cracked. So while some offensive players may drop, unless one of them is really Superman or Thor the Lions probably aren't going to be takers. At least not in the first 3 rounds.

I expect at least 2 DL for their 4-3 defense in the top 5 rounds, one Closed-end/LDE (which is often a guy who can slide into the DT in certain sets...not a premier pass rusher) and one 3T DT. But seriously if they don't come out of this draft with a LB and CB, things are messed up.

Taco, who would actually be a good fit as a base 4-3 LDE (not a 3-4 OLB (unless you have info nobody else seems to have)), probably isn't worth that pick. I know I'm going to get hammered by other Lion fans for saying that. But the impact defensive positions they need to get as starters early in this draft (say your 1st and 2nd round picks...maybe if you're lucky a 3rd rounders) are the 3T DT and the mobile impact LB... probably not in that order. The base DLE and the boundary CB are of less concern to this scheme and personnel.

Saying all that, Solomon Thomas and Jonathan Allen would be both perfect and highly unlikely to fall out of the top 5 picks. Yet, if they did, the Lions would have to put LB and DT on hold and grab them. I could see Allen falling because he had slug-like numbers at the combine, but I've seen some freakishly athletic moments in his film so...21 would be far enough for him to fall, in a dream scenario...and probably just out of the top 5 in a more realistic one.

TE and RB will most likely not be picked in the first round unless every LB, DE and CB who are of 1st round value are gone... And then it would be time to trade down.

The LBCJoined: 12 Jan 2008Posts: 35148Location: Where We Can't Have Nice Things

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:19 pm Post subject:

INbengalfan wrote:

IdigtheRaiders! wrote:

Version #8 is up, just under Version #7

Eight versions and we still take Adams in five of them?

It's OK, he's had the Chargers taking Humphrey... over Lattimore and Adams (who appears to - miraculously for Telesco as he's seemed to value the safety position lightly in the past - be their preferred pick if he's there) in just about every version.

Did Humphrey suddenly develop any selling attribute other than athleticism that I wasn't aware of? His technique is practically non-existent (I'm not sure I've seen a highly-touted CB prospect lose leverage at the LOS quicker or more consistently than he does) in terms of both handwork and footwork. His awareness is questionable - and if it's not his awareness his ability to track the ball mid-air is notably lacking. And he's persistently shown issues staying in phase at the top of routes.

Even this most recent version with Jonathan Allen... where does he fit? And this isn't some great defense of Corey Liuget, it's more a case of the Chargers not running a 3-4 anymore. They didn't franchise tender Melvin Ingram to play strong-side linebacker, Bosa is likely to play the 4-Technique in the 4-3 Under, and Allen just isn't that good to be a Top 10-pick worth 3-Tech. Moreover, the team is paying Liuget too much (it sounds like it shouldn't matter - where fans are concerned - but to GM's they have to consider this stuff) to spend a Top 10 pick on a guy that would relegate him to the bench. And they're not a deep enough team to spend a Top 10 pick on a guy to be a situational player until Y2._________________

It's OK, he's had the Chargers taking Humphrey... over Lattimore and Adams (who appears to - miraculously for Telesco as he's seemed to value the safety position lightly in the past - be their preferred pick if he's there) in just about every version.

Did Humphrey suddenly develop any selling attribute other than athleticism that I wasn't aware of? His technique is practically non-existent (I'm not sure I've seen a highly-touted CB prospect lose leverage at the LOS quicker or more consistently than he does) in terms of both handwork and footwork. His awareness is questionable - and if it's not his awareness his ability to track the ball mid-air is notably lacking. And he's persistently shown issues staying in phase at the top of routes.

Even this most recent version with Jonathan Allen... where does he fit? And this isn't some great defense of Corey Liuget, it's more a case of the Chargers not running a 3-4 anymore. They didn't franchise tender Melvin Ingram to play strong-side linebacker, Bosa is likely to play the 4-Technique in the 4-3 Under, and Allen just isn't that good to be a Top 10-pick worth 3-Tech. Moreover, the team is paying Liuget too much (it sounds like it shouldn't matter - where fans are concerned - but to GM's they have to consider this stuff) to spend a Top 10 pick on a guy that would relegate him to the bench. And they're not a deep enough team to spend a Top 10 pick on a guy to be a situational player until Y2.

Yeah, I had originally thought that Allen could potentially be one of the picks. But when you actually make the projection to the defense, I don't know where he exactly fits.

This draft is starting to feel like 2015 for the Chargers, when it was obvious now looking back on it that they were going to take either Gurley or Gordon, and yet many of us (including myself) kept trying to stay it would be someone else.

In this case the Gordon/Gurley is Adams/Hooker, and the Chargers will take who they have rated higher (and I agree that TT probably likes Adams more then Hooker, due to being more physical and his football character)

The LBCJoined: 12 Jan 2008Posts: 35148Location: Where We Can't Have Nice Things

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:28 pm Post subject:

game3525 wrote:

The LBC wrote:

INbengalfan wrote:

IdigtheRaiders! wrote:

Version #8 is up, just under Version #7

Eight versions and we still take Adams in five of them?

It's OK, he's had the Chargers taking Humphrey... over Lattimore and Adams (who appears to - miraculously for Telesco as he's seemed to value the safety position lightly in the past - be their preferred pick if he's there) in just about every version.

Did Humphrey suddenly develop any selling attribute other than athleticism that I wasn't aware of? His technique is practically non-existent (I'm not sure I've seen a highly-touted CB prospect lose leverage at the LOS quicker or more consistently than he does) in terms of both handwork and footwork. His awareness is questionable - and if it's not his awareness his ability to track the ball mid-air is notably lacking. And he's persistently shown issues staying in phase at the top of routes.

Even this most recent version with Jonathan Allen... where does he fit? And this isn't some great defense of Corey Liuget, it's more a case of the Chargers not running a 3-4 anymore. They didn't franchise tender Melvin Ingram to play strong-side linebacker, Bosa is likely to play the 4-Technique in the 4-3 Under, and Allen just isn't that good to be a Top 10-pick worth 3-Tech. Moreover, the team is paying Liuget too much (it sounds like it shouldn't matter - where fans are concerned - but to GM's they have to consider this stuff) to spend a Top 10 pick on a guy that would relegate him to the bench. And they're not a deep enough team to spend a Top 10 pick on a guy to be a situational player until Y2.

Yeah, I had originally thought that Allen could potentially be one of the picks. But when you actually make the projection to the defense, I don't know where he exactly fits.

This draft is starting to feel like 2015 for the Chargers, when it was obvious now looking back on it that they were going to take either Gurley or Gordon, and yet many of us (including myself) kept trying to stay it would be someone else.

In this case the Gordon/Gurley is Adams/Hooker, and the Chargers will take who they have rated higher (and I agree that TT probably likes Adams more then Hooker, due to being more physical and his football character)

Also, longer history of production (I wouldn't call Hooker a one-year-wonder per say, but Adams has him in the consistency and longer tenure of productive play department) and is more versatile._________________